Bowery Visit(s)/Relief/Response Training, Etc!!
Greetings and Grace and Peace to you from our Lord Jesus Christ! We pray you are having a good winter and staying warm and dry! Things are going good for us here as we have quickly gotten busy in the new year. The Sarasota County COAD has asked us to once again hold disaster relief/response training. We will be doing this in conjunction with several ministries, agencies including some local and state government participation. It will consist of breakout groups for different relief/response disciplines. We did a couple of trainings like this a couple of years ago and they went really well. Please save the dates for Friday evening and all day Saturday, May 13 thand 14 th. Details to follow!! As we continue to help those in need, especially in relation to discipleship, we continue to look for what the Lord would have us do. We have started to get involved in a local ministry called Barnabas House. It is a discipleship training home for men who are looking for help from the Lord to turn their lives around. It is a little different than the Bowery that we work with in NYC, but the focus on God and His Word as being the only thing that can truly change a person, is the same. Please keep them in your prayers and for the Lord to open doors of ministry for us to them when we are not traveling. We also are continuing our relationship with The Bowery in NYC, once again helping others with the “disasters” in their lives! Mary Jo, Melissa, our friend Gina and I traveled to the Bowery last week while the head chef vacationed at our home. Along with kitchen duties, Mary Jo helped some of the men with English GED prep classes and I kept busy with a lot of maintenance projects. The Bowery staff has asked me to return again for a week and I’ll be heading out again on Thursday on the heels of Clyde returning to his chef’s duties! They’d like me to help with more maintenance. We’ve got nothing pressing for disaster relief and work is slow so off I go! We continue to press on in our relief ministry and have become members of the Florida VOAD. We will be helping plan for disaster relief/recovery at the state level now as well as in our county. There are always meetings and trainings to attend, including an upcoming Florida Chaplaincy training we’ll be attending in March, Lord willing. We’ve been able to purchase a few new pieces of equipment recently that will help us in our relief/recovery efforts. There is still much to do in Haiti and we are praying about a return trip to help with a couple of ministries. Patrick and Barb are doing great. Barb has written a book about their experiences in Haiti, including the earthquake. If you are interested in purchasing a copy let us know. Again, we’ll keep you posted on the upcoming training sessions, please save the dates, as well as any of our ministries movements! Thanks for all your prayers and support. Proclaiming the Lord in all we do, In season and out of season. Lord Bless, Curt & Mary Jo Hencye Relief Ministries Calvary Chapel Sarasota Website: www.ReliefMinistriesCCSarasota.com Contact info: Curt: 941-915-9560 Email: Curt@ReliefMinistriesCCSarasota.com Skype-Hencye Mary Jo:
941-374-1607
Skype-MJHencye
Email: MaryJo@ReliefMinistriesCCSarasota.com If you are interested in helping with the ministry's expenses we have set up an online giving section on our church's web page, https://ccsrq.cc/online-giving, or you can contact us directly, or mail a check to:
Calvary Chapel Sarasota
Relief Ministries
3800 27th Parkway
Sarasota, FL 34235
Please note Relief Ministries in the memo.
All dontations are tax deductible. We are self-supporting missionaries. If you wish to give directly to our living expenses, please note that as well.
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